US 11,308,815 B2 · Unmanned aerial vehicle management

Abstract

A base module may be used to receive and house one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via one or more cavities. The base module receives commands from a manager device and identifies a flight plan that allows a UAV to execute the received commands. The base module transfers the flight plan to the UAV and frees the UAV. Once the UAV returns, the base module once again receives it. The base module then receives sensor data from the UAV from one or more sensors onboard the UAV, and optionally receives additional information describing its flight and identifying success or failure of the flight plan. The base module transmits the sensor data and optionally the additional information to a storage medium locally or remotely accessible by the manager device.

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Dependent claims

A method of unmanned aerial vehicle control, the method comprising:

identifying an objective;
generating a first sub-objective and a second sub-objective based on the objective at least in part by dividing the objective into the first sub-objective and the second sub-objective, wherein accomplishing the first sub-objective accomplishes a first portion of the objective, wherein accomplishing the second sub-objective accomplishes a second portion of the objective;
requesting that a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) accomplish the first sub-objective by transmitting the first sub-objective to the first UAV, wherein the first sub-objective includes a first instruction associated with control of the first UAV;
and
requesting that a second UAV accomplish the second sub-objective by transmitting the second sub-objective to the second UAV, wherein the second sub-objective includes a second instruction associated with control of the second UAV.

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A system of unmanned aerial vehicle control, the system comprising:

a communication transceiver that receives a command transmitted by a manager device;
a memory;
and
a processor coupled to the memory and to the communication transceiver, wherein execution of instructions stored in the memory by the processor:
identifies an objective,
generates a first sub-objective and a second sub-objective based on the objective at least in part by diving the objective into the first sub-objective and the second sub-objective, wherein accomplishing the first sub-objective accomplishes a first portion of the objective, wherein accomplishing the second sub-objective accomplishes a second portion of the objective,
requests that a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) accomplish the first sub-objective by transmitting the first sub-objective to the first UAV, wherein the first sub-objective includes a first instruction associated with control of the first UAV, and
requests that a second UAV accomplish the second sub-objective by transmitting the second sub-objective to the second UAV, wherein the second sub-objective includes a second instruction associated with control of the second UAV.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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